The final of the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Results

Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 4 Rick Carey 55.74 Q 2 6 4 Dave Wilson 56.71 Q 3 2 5 Mark Kerry 57.15 Q 4 5 5 Gary Hurring 57.42 Q 5 2 4 Hans Kroes 57.48 Q 6 3 4 Sandy Goss 57.60 Q 7 4 4 Bengt Baron 57.66 Q 8 5 4 Mike West 57.76 Q 9 7 3 Ricardo Aldabe 57.90 q 7 5 Stefan Peter q 11 4 3 Nicolai Klapkarek 58.19 q 12 4 6 Frédéric Delcourt 58.22 q 13 4 5 Paul Kingsman 58.33 q 14 1 4 David Orbell 58.35 q 15 5 3 Daichi Suzuki 58.37 q 16 6 5 Hans Fredin 58.39 q 17 3 5 Neil Harper 58.50 18 5 2 Paolo Falchini 58.65 19 6 3 Ilias Malamas 58.69 20 2 3 Kristofer Stivenson 58.76 21 4 2 Lukman Niode 58.77 22 3 6 Patrick Ferland 58.78 23 5 6 Wang Hao 59.13 24 6 2 Fabrizio Bortolon 59.27 25 1 5 Giovanni Frigo 59.34 26 3 3 Sharif Nour 59.63 27 2 6 Allan Marsh 1:00.04 28 6 6 Ian Collins 1:00.08 29 3 2 David Lim Fong Jock 1:00.65 30 7 2 Li Zhongyi 1:00.66 31 7 6 David Morley 1:01.29 32 4 7 Ernesto Vela 1:01.42 33 3 7 Emad El-Shafei 1:02.04 34 6 7 Fernando Rodríguez 1:02.27 35 7 7 Alejandro Alvizuri 1:02.63 36 2 7 Hugo Goossen 1:03.77 37 5 7 Erik Rosskopf 1:03.82 38 2 1 Salvador Salguero 1:04.99 39 1 7 Ernesto-José Degenhart 1:05.63 40 7 1 Warren Sorby 1:05.81 41 6 1 Collier Woolard 1:06.86 42 5 1 Joaquim Cruz 1:10.86 43 1 1 David Palma 1:13.28 44 3 1 Ibrahim El-Baba 1:13.76 4 1 Rami Kantari 1 2 Kemal Sadri Özün 1 3 Andrew Phillips 1 6 Daniel Mulumba 2 2 Alexander Pilhatsch

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 7 David Orbell 58.05 10 2 Paul Kingsman 58.19 11 1 Daichi Suzuki 58.30 5 Stefan Peter 13 4 Ricardo Aldabe 58.31 8 Hans Fredin 15 3 Nicolai Klapkarek 58.56 6 Frédéric Delcourt

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Rick Carey 55.79 5 Dave Wilson 56.35 8 Mike West 56.49 4 6 Gary Hurring 56.90 NR 5 3 Mark Kerry 57.18 6 1 Bengt Baron 57.34 7 7 Sandy Goss 57.46 8 2 Hans Kroes 58.07

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming